Page 2 | Would you ever refer to sex as commerce or congress? (Spoiler alert for today’s puzzle)

JMSA · 2025-08-02T10:14:24+00:00

Bloody NYT Connections and the woman who makes them up! What absolute nonsense.

MasterBeth · 02/08/2025 16:10

EveryKneeShallBow · 02/08/2025 16:07

Thought the connections was ok today. What annoys me is when they have homonyms that aren’t remotely pronounced alike. Like more and moor.

Pronounced exactly the same in my accent.

MasterBeth · 02/08/2025 16:09

DonnaBanana · 02/08/2025 15:59

Commerce isn’t American, it’s from Herodotus. Did none of you take classics?

”and over their maidens they do not keep watch, but allow them to have commerce with whatever men they please”

Sorry not to have had a fancy edukayshun like what you did.

EveryKneeShallBow · 02/08/2025 16:07

Thought the connections was ok today. What annoys me is when they have homonyms that aren’t remotely pronounced alike. Like more and moor.

NotDarkGothicMama · 02/08/2025 16:04

I always find Connections really tricky. I don't mind this one so much (have ready many starchy historical romance novels 😁) but hate the ones where it's the start/end of the word, swap one letter to make something else, homonyms etc.

DonnaBanana · 02/08/2025 15:59

Commerce isn’t American, it’s from Herodotus. Did none of you take classics?

”and over their maidens they do not keep watch, but allow them to have commerce with whatever men they please”

dybb · 02/08/2025 15:59

This one was weird but guessable from the options.

The purple one however 🤯

helphelpimbeingrepressed · 02/08/2025 15:56

congress was okay, but wtaf was commerce about?!

DustyMaiden · 02/08/2025 12:28

commerce Would be prostitution.

ThePoshUns · 02/08/2025 12:26

StrangewaysHereWeCome · 02/08/2025 11:52

Hehe - I realised that this was the group and had intimate, congress and relations, but tried "cleave" first, thinking perhaps "cleave to each other". Commerce is very much a new one!

I thought the same.

ThePoshUns · 02/08/2025 12:26

lol I failed completely at connections today. I have never heard the term commerce used for sex! Congress I have but it is still unusual.

MsPulchritude · 02/08/2025 12:06

I don't mind when I don't get a connection/strand/mini, if it's down to some stupid Americism. I only mind when it's my own incompetence!

DappledThings · 02/08/2025 11:58

Congress is used in nature documentaries

vdbfamily · 02/08/2025 11:56

Congress quite well used but Commerce never. I am new to the link puzzle thing and managed that one okay but the day before could not do any of them!

KrisAkabusi · 02/08/2025 11:55

Like others, Congress yes, commerce no.

StrangewaysHereWeCome · 02/08/2025 11:52

Hehe - I realised that this was the group and had intimate, congress and relations, but tried "cleave" first, thinking perhaps "cleave to each other". Commerce is very much a new one!

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JMSA · 02/08/2025 11:33

ChandrilanDiscoDroid · 02/08/2025 11:31

"Congress" at its root means any kind of meeting or interaction, and "commerce" similarly means dealings or interactions. I've definitely heard it called "congress" before; 'commerce' not so much - it does imply a mercenary attitude and possibly the selling of sex.

I have learnt something new today!

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MCF86 · 02/08/2025 11:33

Same here, the first two was the first link I saw but assumed it was one of those false ones, struck out after getting the first two easily.

TaborlinTheGreat · 02/08/2025 11:32

Congress is a recognised (though a bit formal/literary andnot that commonly used) word for sexual intercourse. It's not an Americanism!

ChandrilanDiscoDroid · 02/08/2025 11:31

"Congress" at its root means any kind of meeting or interaction, and "commerce" similarly means dealings or interactions. I've definitely heard it called "congress" before; 'commerce' not so much - it does imply a mercenary attitude and possibly the selling of sex.

ginasevern · 02/08/2025 11:30

Congress yes, commerce never.

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JMSA · 02/08/2025 11:29

Makes it sound rather transactional!

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GlaikitWeeNyaff · 02/08/2025 11:26

I have heard congress, never commerce

TyneTeas · 02/08/2025 11:26

Yeah I thought commerce was a weird one

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JMSA · 02/08/2025 11:21

OrigamiOwls · 02/08/2025 11:20

I did think the same about those answers!
Although having a spoiler alert, after the spoiler in the title, does kinda make it pointless 😂

Oh God, you’re absolutely right 😬😳

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Cheepcheepcheep · 02/08/2025 11:21

I was 3/4 as I did recognise ‘congress’ (probably from some godawful romance novel - I used to get handmedowns from my auntie 😅)

Struck out though as I would never have guessed ‘commerce’. DH is livid 😆